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Religious Leaders

The PALS seeks to understand the impact of religion in everyday life, and ultimately the connections between religious change and other forms of change among diverse individuals and families over the course of their lives.

Results & Summaries

Which have views on spiritual or religious matters that are conservative or traditional? Name 1 (NE_32_1)

Variable Comparisons

[Age | Gender | Political Ideology | Race | Religious Tradition | Region | Education ]

Age

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Refused	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.5% 2	2.0% 5	1.1% 1	0.8% 11
Don't know	14.8% 36	9.9% 38	7.5% 31	16.0% 39	10.2% 9	11.1% 153
1	84.8% 207	89.6% 345	92.0% 379	82.0% 200	88.6% 78	88.1% 1209
Missing	312	363	343	168	53	1239
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 385	100.0% 412	100.0% 244	100.0% 88	1373

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.4% 3	1.2% 8	0.8% 11
Don't know	10.7% 76	11.6% 77	11.2% 153
1	88.9% 632	87.1% 576	88.0% 1208
Missing	641	598	1239
TOTAL	100.0% 711	100.0% 661	1372

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	1.5% 1	1.2% 2	0.6% 2	1.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 10
Don't know	16.4% 11	10.5% 17	13.2% 44	5.7% 17	3.6% 6	16.8% 57	0	11.1% 152
1	82.1% 55	88.3% 143	86.2% 287	92.6% 277	96.4% 160	83.2% 283	5	88.1% 1205
Missing	102	218	299	205	58	336	0	1218
TOTAL	100.0% 67	100.0% 162	100.0% 333	100.0% 299	100.0% 166	100.0% 340	5	1367

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.9% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 10
Don't know	11.0% 114	11.9% 14	14.6% 19	5.9% 3	0.0% 0	6.3% 2	11.1% 152
1	88.1% 910	88.1% 104	85.4% 111	92.2% 47	100.0% 7	93.8% 30	88.2% 1209
Missing	778	160	191	57	2	50	1238
TOTAL	100.0% 1033	100.0% 118	100.0% 130	100.0% 51	100.0% 7	100.0% 32	1371

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	2.5% 4	0.7% 10
Don't know	11.8% 8	5.8% 25	11.3% 22	10.8% 37	25.3% 45	10.1% 16	11.2% 153
1	88.2% 60	93.5% 402	87.7% 171	89.2% 305	74.2% 132	87.3% 138	88.1% 1208
Missing	79	264	168	351	232	145	1239
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 430	100.0% 195	100.0% 342	100.0% 178	100.0% 158	1371

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 5	1.2% 4	0.7% 10
Don't know	12.1% 26	8.0% 25	11.8% 59	12.5% 43	11.2% 153
1	87.4% 187	92.0% 287	87.2% 436	86.4% 298	88.1% 1208
Missing	226	309	380	323	1238
TOTAL	100.0% 214	100.0% 312	100.0% 500	100.0% 345	1371

Education

	No high school diploma	GED or high school diploma	Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	1.2% 3	0.4% 1	2.3% 3	3.2% 1	0	0.8% 11
Don't know	21.3% 27	11.4% 68	13.4% 34	4.3% 10	7.7% 10	12.9% 4	2	11.2% 153
1	78.7% 100	88.0% 523	85.4% 217	95.3% 223	90.0% 117	83.9% 26	3	88.0% 1206
Missing	180	462	226	187	137	41	0	1233
TOTAL	100.0% 127	100.0% 594	100.0% 254	100.0% 234	100.0% 130	100.0% 31	5	1370